886th Medical Collecting Company. KIA Loss for 15 Oct 1944 100 A Pvt. Matsunaga, Kaname 100 B S/Sgt. Hirahara, Tomosu 100 C Sgt. Mayeda, George Mitsutaro 100 C T/Sgt. Miyoko, Mitsuru E. 100 C Cpl. Sakai, Yoshinori 100 C Pfc. Tengwan, Yoshio 232 Engr S/Sgt. Fuji, Abe Megumi
ordered them transferred to MISLS. An unofficial listing of the 59 “senpai gumi” from the 100th Battalion who were selected for MIS training at Camp Savage were: George J. Aoki, Terry Y. Doi, George M. Fujikawa, Edward M. Fujimori, Keiji Fujii, Harry Furushima, Raymond Harada, Ken Harano, Howard K. Hiroki, Seian Hokama, Robert Honda,
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War. Some of your comrades were killed in action, in New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa. The names of three of them, Sergeants Frank Hachiya of Oregon, George Nakamura of California and Yukitaka Mizutari of Hawai’i, appear on three major buildings named after them at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. Mits Shibata
other 16 original men. They were then joined by 32 other MIS soldiers from Hawaii and the mainland. The names of those from Hawaii were: Edward Kawamoto, George Kawamoto, Hisashi Kubota, Raymond Shogo Nagata, Harry Okada, James Tamashiro, Stanley Tanaka, Larry Kazuo Watanabe, Mineo Yamagata, Ben Yamamoto, and Stanley Yamamoto. From the mainland were:
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Takasugi, formerly of Ventura, Calif., killed in Italy, April 5. Seriously Wounded: Pfc. Takashi Yamamoto son of Mr. and Mrs. George Yamamoto, formerly of Selma, Calif., wounded in Italy, April 5. Pfc. Yamamoto is one of four brothers in the Army. Slightly Wounded: Pfc. Tadakazu M. Kato, son
George Ikuo Yamamoto 3rd Battalion K Company Technician 4th Grade
George Haruichi Yamamoto 2nd Battalion H Company Private First Class
in the Lexington section of the Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park in Seattle. The pallbearers were from neighboring families of the Puyallup valley: Art Yamada, George Yamamoto, George Iwakiri, Hiroshi Sakahara, Frank Yaguchi, Satoshi Dogen, Minoru Uchida, and Toru Kuramoto. His widow and son lived with her family on Route 5, in Fife,
Philippines. Tec/3 Herbert K. Nishihara was stationed in Leyte, Philippines. Further details on his service have not been found. Above: Leyte, Philippines, during the war, front L-R: George Shimotori, Saburo Okamura, Thomas Sasaki, Francis Yamamoto, Herbert Nishihara, Warren Tsuneishi; back L-R: Hiroshi Itow, Joe Nishihara, Lt. Richard Kleeman, T/Sgt. George Takabayashi, Lloyd Shinsato After
school with Lts. Burt Nishimura, Russell Cetlin and M. B. Paddock as instructors. The school graduates are: William Oba, Frank Sakamoto, Harry Takagi, Albert Koby, Toyo Sakamoto, George Sakamoto, George Matsumoto, Thomas Mita, Jimmy Kanaya, Shaw Sakamoto, Jimmy Shimizu, Jimmy Tsurudu, Edward Tanabe, Susumu Yamada, Hideo Yasui, Dick Masuda, William Oda, Herbert Sakaki, Joe
55 years. By his first wife, Thekla Menzel, William had children Clara, Theodore Otto, and William Herbert. By his second wife, Villa, he had: Robert William, Richard George, Dorothy, John Elvier, and Frederick Horace (known as Fred). The family moved around during Fred’s childhood. By 1930, they were living in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. After
4/22/2010 522nd FA-C Robert Mizukami 4/24/2010 H Co Stanley Shigeru Matsumura 4/24/2010 F Co Humio Yagi 4/25/2010 F Co Donald Iwao Okano 4/25/2010 100th Bn A Co George Hamada 4/26/2010 G Co Kaneichi Hamada 4/26/2010 G Co Kazuo Ernest Yamane 4/28/2010 100th Bn Richard Utaka Shinto 4/28/2010 I Co Hideo Oshiro 4/30/2010 Robert
tote and toot the bass horn but be ready to seize a flute or clarinet at the sign of a wavering note. From the mainland come Pvt. George Eto who brayed a horn in the Fifth Cavalry band at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Pvt. Paul Higaki who had a dance band at the Granada
arrived in his hometown of Lodi at 6:30 p.m. on June 22, 1948, along with two other local war dead: Staff Sergeant Kenneth J. Thompson and Corporal George S. Nakamura. Each casket was accompanied by a military escort. The train was met by over 1,000 people, including members of the veterans’ groups who would
headed east on a 10-day pass. A group of them chose to go to New York City over Chicago. The men were ordered to report to Fort George Meade in Maryland when their furlough was over. Again, they rode rail cars driven by steam engine, but these were much more comfortable than the one
three whose first name is Takashi and who have no middle initial. There are three Tadashi Morimotos, all without middle name or initial. And there are three George Oyamas, and three Fred Matsumoto’s. If Nakamura is the Smith of the Combat Team, Tanaka is the Jones. There are 40 soldiers named Tanaka, three of
at both camps. Of the 15 called, Kengo Osumi and John Masuda left yesterday. The 13 who leave tonight are as follows: BUTTE: Haruo Kanemoto, Konichi K. Matsunaga, Roy K. Sumida, Yoshito Toyohara, Akira Roy Endo. CANAL: Makiji M. Kurata, Joseph Narasaki, George Murakami, Hiroshi Oto, Jozoburo Shinozono, David T. Yahanda, Tommy Yamamoto, Ed Nakamura.
Saturday, Jan. 6, 1945. Again, Canal privates predominate with 9 calls from Canal and four from Butte. They are as follows: Canal: Makiji M. Kurata, Joseph Narasaki, George Murakami, Hiroshi Oto, Joseph borough she moves alone, David T. Yahanda, and Tommy Yamamoto. Relocated: John Morita and Kingo Ogumi. Butte: Hilo Kanemoto, Kenichi K. Matsunaga,
A Co Philip “Matsu” Shigeo Matsuyama 9/1/10 100th Bn C Co Kenneth Kazuto Katayama 1/7/11 100th Bn B Co Ernest Kamisato 1/8/11 M Co George Kurisu 1/11/11 100th Bn A Co Robert Sasaki 1/11/11 L Co Shinichi Hirata 1/14/11 Hdq Co Barney Hajiro 1/21/11 M Co/I Co Alexander Oka 1/22/11 Service
nearby Hampton Roads in a convoy of about 100 ships, and arrived at Naples, Italy, on May 28. Private Taira and L Company were aboard the S.S. George W. Campbell. As the ship neared port, Masaru wrote in another letter home: We will be in our foxholes sometime in the near future. This boat
